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• Tipperary are set to launch another appeal of the red card brandished to Seamus Callanan.
• Leinster have named their starting XV to face Bath for what promises to be a doozy tomorrow.

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• Donegal star Paul Durcan is on the verge of a move to one of Dublin‘s biggest clubs.
• Ireland’s Alan Judge earned himself some lofty praise after a superb goal today.

Away

• Scotland have been dealt what appears to be a good hand for their Euro 2016 away fixture against Georgia. That means bad news for Ireland.
• Louis Van Gaal can’t bring himself to drop Marouane Fellaini.

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• The wife of Australian golferMarc Leishman has been placed in an induced coma after being admitted to hospital with pneumonia.
• An NRL coach has offered an apology after match officials were hit with missiles following the Canterbury Bulldogs loss to South Sydney Rabbitohs.

The Best Thing we shared

The Hurricanes blew their South African opposition away in Wellington this morning.

On The Record

“Jesus didn’t start walking to the cross until 2pm”

Louis Van Gaal press conferences are getting more preachy by the day.

The Fixture List

Leinster kick off the Champions Cup quarter-finals at 3.15 against Bath tomorrow.

There’ll be seven Premier League fixtures on cross-channel, including Arsenal v Liverpool and Manchester United v Aston Villa. 

Back on these shores, Galway take on Roscommon in the Connacht under 21 football final in Tuam at 6pm. Thurles will host the Croke Cup schools hurling finals from 3.15pm and there are hurling league finals in division 2A, 2B, 3A and 3B.

Showbiz, Baby!

It’s the first time in 17 years that Munster are not competing on European quarter-finals weekend, but Paul O’Connell wasn’t moping. He was out doing his bit for Limerick today.

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‘Less social media, more sandwiches.’

Who’s chasing promotion and who’s fearing relegation in the Allianz football league?

5 talking points ahead of this weekend’s Premier League action